Means for securing pneumatic and other tires to the rims of wheels.



E. OWEN.

MEANS FOR SECURING PNEUMATIC AND OTHER TIRES TO'THE RIMS 0F WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED APR. 1, 1910.

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EDWARD OWEN, OF LLANEUDNO, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR SECURING PNEUMATIC AND OTHER TIRES TO THE RIMS OF WHEELS.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Jan. 1'7, 1911.

Application filed April 1, 1910. Serial No. 552,780.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD OWEN, subject of theKing of Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Llandudno, in the county of Carnarvon, England, joiner and builder, have invented ful Improvements in Means for Securing Pneumatic and other Tires to the Rims of Wheels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in means for enabling pneumatic and other tires to be secured to the wheels of road vehicles and has reference to that class of device consisting of a fixed rim on the wheel having a conical surface or a solid wheel provided with a conical periphery and a detachable rim carrying the tire having an internal conical surface corresponding to that of the rim or wheel so that the one may be easily applied to or be removed from the other the object of my invention being to provide improved means for securing the detachable rim to the fixed rim or wheel. Or

rims having a parallel joint connection may In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the

be employed.

This invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

My invention .willbe fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 a sectional elevation of so much of a wheel and rims as are necessary to illustrate my invention, Fig. 2 transverse section of same on line 1-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 similar section of amodified arrangement showing the invention applied to wheels having parallel'rims and, Fig. 4: plan of Fi 1.

'Ihe felly of the wheel is provided with a series of fastening devices, preferably four, arranged at suitable distances apart, and as they are all alike, the description Will be confined to one of them. A socket f is provided with flanges f at its top, and is secured by screws 9 in a recess in the felly a. A spindle (Z having a rectangular hole 6 is certain new and use- 4 l journaled in the socket f and in a bearing 9" formed in the felly. to be engaged by a suitable key,

The hole 0 is adapted and the outer end of the spindle is provided witha removable cap k. v

The spindle d is provided with a project1on or tongue engages with slots i in the wheel rim 3 and in a ring I) which is arranged around the felly over the socket. The rim j and the ring I) are preferably provided with conical faces, and the slots 2' are preferablyinclined to the plane of the Wheel, as shown in Fig. t, so that the tongue 0 may operate to press the parts j and 1) into frictional engagement with each other.

A spring h is secured in the socket at one end, and its free endportion bears against a flat portion a on the tongue, so that the spring holds the tongue turned up or down in its extreme positions, and prevents it from being moved accidentally. When the tongue is turned down out of engagement with the slotsz', the rim 1' can be slid laterally out: of engagement with the ring I) and the felly.

rim y" is secured to thering b, and the ring I) has a groove 2" which corresponds with the slot 6 previously described herein.

\Vhat I claim is:

The combination, with a wheel felly provided with a recess, of a socket secured in the said recess, a ring encircling the felly, a wheel rim encircling the said ring, said ring and rim having conical faces and slots arranged at an angle to the plane of the wheel. a spindle journaled in the said socket and provided with a locking-tongue which ongages with the said slots and which is adapted to move the rim laterall upon the ring. and means for holding the lockingtungmo n engagement with the slots.

In testimony whereof I have hm-muuo set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

. EDIVARD GIVES.

Witnesses AMY E. Evn's, IVILLTAM H. TAYLOR;

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